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Nome! CONTENTS. sole Martirium S. Dionisii; scripta fuit ab Hilduino 
Otioh,{the Scribe, by S. W. Singer! i P ~ 113 Abbate Ceenobii 8. Dionisii in Francia sub Ludo- 
See reese s London, By  Rigvanls aes Pio.” It is said that Hilduinus was the first 
ives 0 ecleslastics - - - ~ - « « = 
Tower Royal = = z = e - 116 Writer who gave the marvellous story of the saint 
Ancient Inscribed Dish, by Albert Way - . : 17 | carrying his own head in his hand for nearly two 
arnacles, .B.MacCabe = - - - - | : SH ts Ae 
rencineeaokcellery,  o : : = - 118 miles after his decapitation. But he tells us that 
Rev. W. Stephens’ Sermons —- - - - 118) he abridged his narration ex Grecam et Latinorum 
Roger de Coverley - - - - - 118 Tee 
Minor Notes: — Omission of Dei Gratia — Grace’s Card 
— Florins — John Hopkins the Psalmist - 118 
Notes in answer to Minor Queries: — Genealogy of 
European Sovereigns —Countess of Pembroke’s Letter, 
Drayton’s Poems, &c.—Viz. the corruption of Vide- 
licet —Authors of Old Plays — Birthplace of Coverdale 
— Caraccioli ” - = - - - 119 
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Love, the King’s Fool = - - - = 121 
Mare de Saham, &c. - - - - - 121 
The Advent Bells - - - - - - 121 
The Poets - - - - - - = 122 
Mr. Poore’s Literary Collections, &c., by S. Britton - 122 
The Middle Temple, by E. Foss - - - - 123 
Minor Queries: —Henry Lord Darnley — Coffee the 
Lacedemonian Black Broth — Letters of Mrs. Chif- 
finch — Sangred — Dowts of Scripture — Catsup — 
Nation’s Ballads —To endeavour Oneself — Date of 
Anonymous Ravennas— Battle of Towton— A Peal of 
Bells — Lines quoted by Goethe—MS. Sermons by 
Jeremy Taylor — Papers of John Wilkes—John Ross 
Mackay - - - - - - - 123 
MIsceLLaneous : — 
Notes on Books, Catalogues, Sales, &c. - - - 1235 
Books and Odd Volumes wanted - - - - 127 
Notices to Correspondents - - - - - 127 
Advertisements - - - - - - 17 
WHAT BOOKS DID OTLOH WRITE? 
Sir, — In Dr. Maitland’s able vindication of the 
Dark Ages (p. 419. 1st ed.), he concludes his in- 
teresting extract from the scribe Otloh’s account 
of himself by saying : — “ One would like to know 
what books they were which Otlohnus thus multi- 
lied ; but this, perhaps, is now impossible.” I 
ave it accidentally in my power to identify two 
at least of the number; and if it was his uni- 
versal practice to subscribe his name, as he does 
in these instances, a search into the principal re- 
ositories of MSS. would, no doubt, give a large 
ist. A valuable MS. volume in my possession 
has been thus described by a learned Benedictine: 
“Codex Membranaceus constans foliis 223 nume- 
rando; seculis ix. desinente, x. et xi. incipiente, 
variis manibus scriptus, per partes qui in unum 
collectus, ex scriptis variis nitide scripture carlo- 
yingicw, varia continens: 1° Vita et Passio, seu | 
2° Revelatio facta S. Stephano Pape de conse- 
cratione altaris SS. Petri et Pauli ante Sepul- 
chrum S. Martirii Dionisii que consecratio facta 
fuit v. kal. Aug. 754. This part of the MS. is 
remarkable for containing in one place the date 
written in Roman ciphers, thus—cecLuu. v. kl. 
aug.; a circumstance so rare in MSS. of this age, 
as to have astonished the learned diplomatists Pape- 
broch and Germon. 
3° Historia S. Simeonis Trevirensis Solitarii. 
Of whom it is recorded that he lived sub Poppone 
Episcopo Trevirense, in quedam cellula ad portam 
nigram sita. At fol. 36. an interesting account of 
the death of the saint is given by the author, who 
was present, and with the assistance of two other 
monks, piously performed his obsequies. It ap- 
pears that the abbey of S. Maximin was about 
120 paces from the cell of the saint at Treves, and 
it is therefore most probable that the writer was a 
monk of the Benedictine order then belonging to 
that foundation; but he puts his name out of 
doubt by the following couplet, inscribed at the 
end of the narrative : — 
“ Presbiter et monachus Orton quidam vocitatus 
Sanete tibi librum Boniracirz tradidit istum.” 
This dedication of his labours to S. Boniface may 
only indicate his veneration for the national saint ; 
but, as he tells us he worked a great deal in the 
monastery at Fulda (of which 8. Boniface was the 
patron saint and founder), may not this have been 
one of his labours there? Ata subsequent period, 
it appears, he revised and amplified Wilibald’s 
Life of Boniface. 
I must summarily indicate the other contents of 
this interesting MS., which are: 4. Passio SS. 
Sebastiani et Vincentii. 5. Vita S. Burchar i. 
6. Vita et Passio S. Kiliani (genere Scoti). 7. Vita 
5. Sole. 8. Vita S.Ciri. 9. Depositio S. Satiri. 
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